This is an INSANELY sensitive subject in my family. I'm the youngest of 7, as never married (especially seeing ALL of my siblings crash'n'burn spectacularly on their marriages, some now on #3 Psycho) moved back to the hometown to caregive the last several years. I lost BOTH parents within 3 weeks of another to finish out the TOXIC 2020 (dad 11/24 at the nursing home and mom I found at home 12/17 - they each had a WHIFF of COVID so therefore the cause of death was 110% COVID - I have 20 years medical experience so call total bullshit on that but, in the interests of maintaining the peace, kept my mouth shut).
Mom insisted we have dad's service that Thanksgiving week, the day after and, with all the Chinese Plague hysterics firmly in place, it was general consensus (that is, me the LONE conservative against my The View equivalent hysterical siblings) that it be family ONLY - and by all rights it should have been a PACKED service (he ran the local grain elevator for nearly 60 years - EVERYBODY knew him). Now a sister who's retired to Panama, who was forced to miss dad's because of chinese plague travel restrictions, insist we wait til 7/30 to have mom's when she'll be back in The States. Okie-doke.
I had absolutely NO CHOICE under the current circumstances but to get this POISON injected into me (at my nearest VA, 75 miles away - dose #1 of 2, damn near KILLED me - felt like an MLB team used me for BATTING PRACTICE, crippling headache, chills like I've never experienced, bedridden for 2 days - all this for a 99.7% recovery rate illness?).
Unless you're from a HUGE family like mine you simply can't conceive how exhausting it is fighting them constantly, in addition to me, ALONE doing all of the estate bullshit as well. AND still trying to process the loss of my parents (dad lost BOTH his remaining siblings, mom lost a brother in law, then both parents died, all in the span of October to December - talk about STRESS).
My point being, I didn't HAVE a choice, literally. One of my fellow conservative cousins asked "So if I refuse the vaccine will I have to wear a Gold Star at the service or will I even be allowed IN? My body my choice, right?". I'm like "Cuz, don't get me started"). Typical liberals, always fight in PACKS.
I thought the literal 25 hours a day/8 days a week caregiving would drive me to be the Deranged Loner on top of the U of Texas tower most days; mein gott, dealing with the estate - and my asshole HYSTERICAL siblings post-parental death.... YOW!! Grief is a matter that one deals with in their own way, but when you can only barely get along with your siblings and can't on THEIR commiseration during this horrible time - and that just on topical shit (how about [that whole grass vs turf controversy] eh? etc) - until they inevitably start screaming, which they always do, after overdosing on FAKEbook, CBS, et al. Talk about ISOLATION.
This is an INSANELY sensitive subject in my family. I'm the youngest of 7, as never married (especially seeing ALL of my siblings crash'n'burn spectacularly on their marriages, some now on #3 Psycho) moved back to the hometown to caregive the last several years. I lost BOTH parents within 3 weeks of another to finish out the TOXIC 2020 (dad 11/24 at the nursing home and mom I found at home 12/17 - they each had a WHIFF of COVID so therefore the cause of death was 110% COVID - I have 20 years medical experience so call total bullshit on that but, in the interests of maintaining the peace, kept my mouth shut).
Mom insisted we have dad's service that Thanksgiving week, the day after and, with all the Chinese Plague hysterics firmly in place, it was general consensus (that is, me the LONE conservative against my The View equivalent hysterical siblings) that it be family ONLY - and by all rights it should have been a PACKED service (he ran the local grain elevator for nearly 60 years - EVERYBODY knew him). Now a sister who's retired to Panama, who was forced to miss dad's because of chinese plague travel restrictions, insist we wait til 7/30 to have mom's when she'll be back in The States. Okie-doke.
I had absolutely NO CHOICE under the current circumstances but to get this POISON injected into me (at my nearest VA, 75 miles away - dose #1 of 2, damn near KILLED me - felt like an MLB team used me for BATTING PRACTICE, crippling headache, chills like I've never experienced, bedridden for 2 days - all this for a 99.7% recovery rate illness?).
Unless you're from a HUGE family like mine you simply can't conceive how exhausting it is fighting them constantly, in addition to me, ALONE doing all of the estate bullshit as well. AND still trying to process the loss of my parents (dad lost BOTH his remaining siblings, mom lost a brother in law, then both parents died, all in the span of October to December - talk about STRESS).
My point being, I didn't HAVE a choice, literally. One of my fellow conservative cousins asked "So if I refuse the vaccine will I have to wear a Gold Star at the service or will I even be allowed IN? My body my choice, right?". I'm like "Cuz, don't get me started"). Typical liberals, always fight in PACKS.
Sympathy updoot for you, fellow Pede. So sorry for all you've been through.
I thought the literal 25 hours a day/8 days a week caregiving would drive me to be the Deranged Loner on top of the U of Texas tower most days; mein gott, dealing with the estate - and my asshole HYSTERICAL siblings post-parental death.... YOW!! Grief is a matter that one deals with in their own way, but when you can only barely get along with your siblings and can't on THEIR commiseration during this horrible time - and that just on topical shit (how about [that whole grass vs turf controversy] eh? etc) - until they inevitably start screaming, which they always do, after overdosing on FAKEbook, CBS, et al. Talk about ISOLATION.